Mother of man accused of shooting in Montgomery post office says son has PTSD

Arthur Lee Darby Jr. is charged with two counts of attempted murder in connection with a shooting Thursday, Dec. 2, 1011, at the main post office in Montgomery and is being held at the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama —
The mother of a postal employee accused of firing gunshots inside the
main post office in Alabama's capital city says her son belongs in a
psychiatric facility and not in the county jail.

In an interview
with The Montgomery Advertiser, Willa
Darby said her 29-year-old son Arthur Lee Darby Jr. spent a year serving
in Iraq.

She told the newspaper he has received regular treatment
for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. She said he was diagnosed with the
condition shortly after returning from a tour of duty in Iraq in 2005.

He
was charged with two counts of attempted murder after police said he
used two guns to fire shots inside a mail sorting area at the facility
on Dec. 1. No one was injured.